PC World posted a news story that according to a report published by Microsoft Vulnerability Research, third-party developers patched just 45% of the vulnerabilities that Microsoft's security team reported to them during the 12 months from July 2009 to June 2010.

The newest number, however, was more than triple that during the year-long stretch through June 2009, when developers patched a measly 13% of the bugs Microsoft reported.

  Microsoft Partners Slow to Patch, Report Says